Originally posted by 98TRED:
My car's coolant or thermostat light has been coming on so I check the coolant and everything looks good, all full. Well today I noticed my car making a loud fan noise so I look and sure enough the needle is on the red. I went across the st to a Pep Boys, told him the situation and said it could be my water pump and then I started remembering about all the water pump stories. I was wondering if it could eb the thrmostat or something more simple. Also what was the cost on the water pump fix?

thanks.



Well I would check a few things before repalcing the pump because you arent sure that is the problem.

For example your fan clutch could have failed, this would cause overheating ONLY while driving in stop and go. Reason for that is on highway the air is going through the radiator fast enough to where it dosnt need the fan.


The thermostat couldbe stuck open, do you get any heat when you turn on the controls for it?